Elected to the board of Icograda / Ico-D the world body for communications design, serving as Vice-President and Treasurer, re-elected for additional terms in 2007 and 2009, at which time became Sustainability Chair which continues today.

Named a Fellow (the second youngest to have achieved the country’s highest professional standing in this field) by Society of Graphic Designers of Canada for his work on the Code of Ethics, accreditation and other national issues. Elected Vice President Ethics of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada in 2000, and is currently National Ethics Chair.

December 1990 to present | President | David Berman Communications | Ottawa, Canada

introduced and maintained quality system and standard operating procedures

human resource management for staff of up to 18, including creating and maintaining a system of performance review, compensation, employee benefits, profit-sharing, and individual results-based incentive bonus plans

Creator of this typography and design firm. Graphic design activities concentrated on publication and exhibit design. Typographic activity was primarily ad and agency work, with an increasing amount of creative work directed by client designers. The firm was generally considered Ottawa’s finest type shop. Responsibilities included all aspects of senior management, including budgeting, legal and financial liaison, establishing and improving upon quality and control systems, and selecting and purchasing capital equipment. Here is a short list of significant projects:

November 1986 to present| President | David Berman Developments Inc., Ottawa, Canada

Have directed the creation, design, development, and public relations for off-the-shelf packaged software products designed to manage small- and medium-sized service and manufacturing enterprises. The product family, TimeWise, tracks aspects of work, customers and personnel and integrates with third-party accounting solutions. I have been the architect of the product since its inception, and have been specifically involved in the development of the documentation (off-line and on-line). This has included custom programming contracts for large organisations around the world. In doing so, I have become an expert in graphical interface standards for both Windows and Macintosh platforms, and gained skills in the successful management of a variety of programmers and other component developers. The product’s most recent success has been through Web-based marketing, which has exposed me firsthand to the development and continuous improvement of a Web-based marketing strategy. Most recently, sales have come in from our Australian distributorship. We have also set up distribution in the UK and Belgium. Installations include:

Abbott Laboratories, Waukegan, IL ACS Imaging, Boulder, CO

Auditor-General of Canada, Ottawa, ON Fleming Graphics, Vancouver, BC

Intuit Corporation, Reno, NV Newcourt Financial, Detroit, MI

Occidental Petroleum, Los Angeles, CA Revenue Canada, Ottawa, ON

Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA Sprintout Corporation, Providence, RI

September 1984 to May 1988 | Director | Canadian University Press | Ottawa, Canada

Served on the board of Common Printing, a co-operatively-owned printing company of Canadian University Press, as the professional representative from the graphic arts community.

January 1982 to March 1984 | Design Co-ordinator | Carleton University Students Association, Ottawa, Canada

Responsible for design and production of The Charlatan, Carleton’s weekly newsmagazine. Accomplished a redesign of the paper and overhaul of the production and typesetting system, introducing microcomputers for the first time into the production of a Canadian student newspaper. Also completed dozens of assignments for the students association including student calendars, handbooks, posters, and brochures, and co-ordinated the activities of the in-house typesetting operation.

October 1980 to November 1981 | Production Co-ordination Assistant | Student Federation of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

Created, edited, designed, produced, and directed this Canadian magazine of medieval role-play gaming. Achieved a circulation of 1500 in 12 countries before folding the magazine to pursue university studies.

Government of Ontario

International Standards Organization (ISO) PDF/UA standard

Committee Member

International Standards Organization (ISO) Signage group 2

Committee Observer for Icograda

ICT4IAL Guidelines For Accessible Information (project led by the European Agency in cooperation with UNESCO, the International Association of Universities, European Schoolnet, DAISY Consortium and G3ict)